Device for exhibiting shoes



(No Model.)

9,13 ATKINS. D'eviqe for Ex-hibiting Shoes.

No. 235,402. Patented Dec. 14,1880.

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GUY D. ATKINS, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR EXHIBITING SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,402, dated December14, 1880.

Application filed July 9, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY D. ATKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for ExhibitingShoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing -had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the construction of a clamping device for use onshoe-boxes in stores for holding a shoe thereon for exhibition ordisplay, and also to serve as a pull for drawing said box out of itsplace on the shelf in the same manner as the pull on a drawer is used.

My invention consists in improvements in the construction of the devicenamed above.

My improved device for exhibiting shoes is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, as follows:

Figure l is a top view of the clamp, and shows it clamping a shoe. Fig.2 is a side view or elevation in outline. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection taken vertically through Fig. 2.

The parts of the device are as follows: A body or base, A, withstandards A A, a clam ping-lever, B, with jaw B and curved handle B, aspring, S, and pivot-pin P. The part A A A is one piece of metal, and sois the part B B B".

The standards A A have their inner faces curved or concaved, as seen ata a, to form a barrel-like space for containing the spring S, which is acommon spiral formed of wire. Be-

tween the standards is'sufficient space for the thus serving the same asapull on a drawer.

Through the head or jaw part B is an opening, 12, to enable a screw tobe inserted in the base-piece A below the jaw B without removing thelever from its bearings.

Of course the bed-piece A could be made sufficiently long to bring thescrew-opening in it outside the end of thejaw of the lever; but such aconstruction would require the use of more material, and as the devicesare of such a nature that they have to be cheap in order to be generallyused, the saving of metal is greatly desirable.

The hole in the part I call the jaw is cast in, and requires no labor toefiect it, and, in fact, as it requires so much less metal in the jaw,it is also a saving. This hole may be quite large, so as to leave only asmall rim of metal to form the jaw, and thus effect quite a saving inthe metal used, and also giving a light and finished appearance to thedevice.

The part of the lever which serves as a hearing for the spring S shouldbe on acurve, substantially as shown in Fig. 3, in order to properlybear upon the spring as the lever is moved through its arc of motion.

What I claim as new is as follows:

1. A device for exhibiting shoes, as described, consisting of abed-piece, A, with standards A A, having concaved inner faces, forming abarrel-like space for the clampingspring, in combination with the leverB, with jaw B, substantially as shown.

2. In a clamping device, the combination, with a bed-piece, A, havingpivot-standards and screw-openings therein, of a clamping-lever, B, withjaw B, having an opening, I), for giving access through said jaw to oneof said screw-openings, substantially as and for the purposes mentioned.

3. In a clamp device for exhibiting shoes, as described, thecombination, substantially as shown, of the following elements: abed-piece, A, with pivot-standards A A, having concaved or grooved innerfaces, forming a recess to contain the clamping-spring, a clampinglever,B, with jaw B, having an opening, I), for access through it to thebed-piece, for the purposes named, andaspiral clampin g-sprin g, S, foractuating said lever, and located within the recess named.

4. In a clamp device for exhibiting shoes, as described, or for otherpurposes, the combination, substantially as shown, of the following forproperly holding the article to be clamped elements: abed-piece,A, withpivot-standards between it and the bed-piece. 0 A A, having concaved orgrooved inner faces In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in forcontaining an actuating-spring, a spiral presence of two witnesses.

5 actuating-spring within said recess, a clamp- GUY D. ATKINS.

ingdever pivoted on said standards and hav- Witnesses: ing a. curvedface for hearing against said JNo. K. HALLOCK,

spring, and a jaw, B, upon one end thereof, ROBT. H. PORTER.

